Post World War I German Home Guards (Einwohnerwehr or Freikorps)training

Location:
Germany Date:1919Duration:1 min 41 secSound:NO SOUND

Einwohnerwehr or Freikorps (German Home Guard militia) marching and training. firing rifles, and climbing obstacle. Some militiamen wear white arm bands displaying Maltese Cross. Young officer salutes the marching guards as he stands next to a militiaman holding white flag with Maltese Cross on it.
German soldiers, returning home from WWI, parade down a city street, accompanied by a military band. Cavalrymen ride horses. They are surrounded by a marching crowd, so thick, it almost obscures them.